Coming Up Short (Meta)
◆ · By benchen71 · Published 2024-08-07T06:00:48.582Z
Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a 2024 folk/Americana album suggested by what the four themers need
What do you do when you're too sick to go to work, but not sick enough to be in bed all day? If you're anything like me you decide to construct a meta crossword. The answer to the meta is the title of a 2024 folk/Americana album suggested by what the four themers need. Answer, explanation, and music video: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=175522#p175522
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Across
- 1AItem dropped after you've made your point (not a meta hint)
- 4ABrain scan, for short
- 7AEcol. watchdog
- 10A"The ___ That Bind" (Bruce Springsteen song)
- 14AChilean desert
- 16AMitchell's husband on "Modern Family", for short
- 17AFencer's blade
- 18ALots of them end in "ly"
- 19AMoment involving a lamb's tail
- 21AThe "C" of USMC
- 23A"Hands off my bone!" sound
- 24AHave a break
- 27A___ Baroni, opera singer in "A Night at the Opera"
- 31A"Selma" director DuVernay
- 32AApple ad line spoken by actor Justin Long
- 34AOpposite of "ja"
- 35A"You'd better stand back / The flames are high / Better ___ / Can't stop the fire" (Rolling Stones lyric)
- 38AKey of the song referenced in 35 across
- 40AFull collection
- 41ACrossword series that featured the puzzle you are currently solving despite the fact that it could be part of another crossword series... and I don't mean MOAT (and that is a meta hint)
- 42AUni. term
- 44A16 across, 27 across, 31 across, 46 across, 52 across, 54 across, 59 across, 67 across, 78 across, and one hidden in the centre of this grid, for example
- 46ASinger Mark with a debut album entitled "Three Dimensions Deep"
- 48AChannel that ironically opened with the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"
- 50ADenial heard repeatedly by the Little Red 83 across
- 51AWith 51 across, a song by The Fureys from 1993
- 52AMalek of "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- 54ACarmen with a self-titled debut album produced by Prince
- 57A"Everything else" category (abbr.)
- 59A"Downtown" singer Clark
- 61AMinstrel's song
- 62ADesperately in need of 6 down
- 64AFame's span, in minutes
- 67ATori of "Little Earthquakes"
- 68AJazz ensemble with eight players
- 69ALength of a nap
- 73AOut of the elements
- 77AOut of the wind
- 78ACarides of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
- 79A"Uh huh, that's hot steamin' like ___" (lyric from Lady Gaga's "Heiress")
- 80ALike a sloth
- 81AWhat a mess!
- 82AThey're made of mos.
- 83ASee 50 across (definitely not a meta hint)
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- 1DGoat's comment
- 2D"___ be my pleasure!"
- 3DKing Charles spaniel, familiarly
- 4D"Have the ___ someone important" (be in a position of influence)
- 5DInvolve, as in an argument
- 6DThey give you fuel in the US
- 7DAuthor Umberto
- 8DWhat this crossword would be if Q, X and Z were in the grid (also not a meta hint)
- 9D"___ Pie" (song by Don McLean)
- 10DCity in which the Persian-American power metal group Angband was formed in 2004
- 11DBrewpub letters
- 12D"A mouse!"
- 13DComprehend
- 15DGospel singer Winans
- 20DStudent Representative Council, for short
- 22DSpanish Mrs.
- 24DKids' game called "chasey" in Australia
- 25DAlternate title for Schubert's "Ellens dritter Gesang"
- 26DShe played tambourine on the Oasis album "Be Here Now"
- 28DMove
- 29DRequiem Mass hymn
- 30DToronto's prov.
- 33DPeople in charge (abbr.)
- 36DFood-warming area on a hearth
- 37DPretty as a pitcher?
- 39DAddiction sufferer, according to a Los Angeles band
- 43DGive off
- 45DSoft shoe, for short
- 47DLauren Hill's "Lost Ones" and Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It" for two
- 49DWhat v stands for in a physics formula
- 51D2010 song by Usher / 2017 song by Camila Cabello / 2019 song by Gryffin and Carly Rae Jepsen / etc...
- 53DGI field gear
- 55DTaylor in the music video for "I Can See You (Taylor's Version)"
- 56DPart of Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum's pen-name
- 58DAttacked like a cat
- 60DSneaky Sound System single about seeing something shining in the sky
- 63DEarly Beatles label
- 65DHow an Aussie might describe a beet
- 66DBattle rapper from Fuquay-Varina, NC
- 69DBit of body art
- 70DJeff Lynne's band, for short
- 71DSong by the Japanese girl group Perfume that means "Hey"
- 72DWith 72 down and 72 down, a song by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson from 1983
- 74DLa-la lead-in
- 75DNumbered hwy.
- 76DIRS ID